Executive Creative Director

4 maanden geleden


Amsterdam, Nederland Media.Monks Voltijd

About the Role

As the Executive Creative Director in Brand Experience at Media.Monks , you'll work alongside other ECDs in the Experience group, driving our vision, nurturing creative excellence, and helping shape big decisions across the company. Your role, reporting to the Chief Creative Officer of Experience, is all about leading, inspiring, and growing our creative teams while hitting clear goals that push us towards our future vision. As an ECD, you'll be the go-to creative partner for both new and existing clients, providing executive-level guidance and collaboration that's key to our client' growth and retention. Additionally, you'll be at the heart of pushing for cutting-edge, innovation-first creative in pitches and projects, at times working with different capabilities and client teams to bring together the best collective partnership.

Responsibilities:

Drive the Creative Vision:   Create new industry standards for brand experience design and redefine the traditional brand-agency partnership by leveraging our expertise in emerging technology to drive innovative creative that crosses marketing, product, and the consumer journey. Ensure our reputation is consistently innovative, smart, fantastically crafted, kind and fun.  Help set and achieve annual creative department goals, ensuring these objectives are met and progress is tracked on a quarterly basis

Lead, Grow, and Problem Solve:

Manage and mentor our creatives, including Group Creative Directors, Art Directors, Copywriters, Motion Artists, Designers, and UI Specialists, fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, and the Relentless Pursuit of Better. Encourage a culture of innovation and experimentation by promoting a mindset of risk-taking and continuous learning as well as facilitating group discussions and hackathons. As one of our Sr most leaders, be a guide to or collaborate with cross-functional teams (strategy, accounts, technology) to solve challenges and remove roadblocks.  Lead with our values, be empathetic, accessible and relatable, and champion inclusive values.

Win New Business and Foster Sr Client Relationships:

Oversee and engage in creative pitches, leaning more heavily into net-new brands with high potential upside and other opportunities designated as high priority.  Build trust and rapport with existing brand clients and internal Monk client teams. Identify new and organic growth opportunities in existing clients. Evaluate incoming opportunities and provide perspective to business leads and growth on strategic approach to win or staff most effectively and efficiently. Best fit and right sized. Use Group Creative Directors to lead and execute your vision and approach for success.

Ensure and Expect Creative Excellence: 

Oversee that the creation of digital, campaign, web and experiential work is impactful, differentiated, and high-quality.  Push both our talent and our clients to achieve best-in-class, award worthy work. Work with other department leads ensuring creative concepts align with client objectives, are executable and profitable.

Create and Uphold Process: 

Develop internal processes that enhance workflow efficiency, creativity, and team collaboration. ex. Onboarding, year-to-year update of our creative checklists, milestone reviews, how creatives are resourced… Oversee the creation of training material to address various skill gaps within the team. ex. Improving presentation skills, AI training… Contribute to streamlining process across major accounts and projects, eliminating obstacles that hinder our pursuit of creative excellence

Elevate Our Brand Presence and Perception: 

Represent Media.Monks at public events, awards, and industry activities, maintaining a strong presence and reputation in the industry. Be a champion of our creative work and promote our best both internally and externally to increase awareness and shift perception of our brand and capabilities.

About You

Extensive experience in a creative leadership role within at least 1 top-tier agency. Typically 13-15 years of creative experience, 3-4 years of experience at the Group Creative Director level, and 7-5 years as a Creative Director in an advertising agency. A strong portfolio showcasing a wide range of creative work, including successful, award-winning campaigns, experiential or interactive design work. Proven ability to lead and inspire creative teams. Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills. Deep understanding of brand, all things digital, and the latest creative and tech trends.

At Media.Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.

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About Monks

Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us. 

While we continue to grow our teams, please be mindful of fraudulent job postings and recruiting activities that may use our company name and information. Please be mindful to protect your personal information, especially your national identification number, and bank account information during a recruiting process. While Monks may reach out to potential candidates via LinkedIn, we will always ask applicants to apply through our website () and will never ask for payment or bank account information during the recruitment process.


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